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Public attitudes about endangered Colorado River fish <br />In 1994, Colorado State University researchers completed a telephone survey of residents of west- <br />ern Colorado and eastern Utah regarding their attitudes toward endangered fish. The study found <br />that 66 percent of all respondents support efforts to recover endangered fish, as shown below. <br />Within each of the four publics surveyed, 60 percent of elected officials, 61 percent of anglers, 70 <br />percent of the general public and 82 percent of members of environmental organizations all stat- <br />ed they support efforts to recover endangered fish. <br />This same trend was found in several other questions on the survey. For example, 59 percent of <br />respondents said their attitude toward preserving endangered fish was positive. Also, only 28 per- <br />cent of respondents agreed with the statement "Endangered fish should not be recovered unless <br />there is a direct benefit to humans" <br />(Researchers conducted telephone interviews with 304 members of the "general public," 300 <br />anglers, 168 elected officials and 125 environmental group members. The confidence interval is + <br />10 percent for the general public and angler samples; ± 2 percent for elected officials. A reliable <br />estimate of the number of environmental organization members was not available, therefore a con- <br />fidence interval could not be calculated for this group.) <br />Support for efforts to recover endangered fish <br />100% <br />75% <br />50% <br />25% <br />0% <br />Support Neutral Oppose <br />Support for efforts to recover endangered fish, by group <br />(% indicating support) <br />82% <br />